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| DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/AAEFFB | ||||
| Año | 2019 | ||||
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We employ Very Large Telescope Interferometer GRAVITY to resolve, for the first time, the two images generated by a gravitational microlens. The measurements of the image separation Delta theta(-,+) = 3.78 +/- 0.05 mas, and hence the Einstein radius theta(E) = 1.87 +/- 0.03 mas, are precise. This demonstrates the robustness of the method, provided that the source is bright enough for GRAVITY (K less than or similar to 10.5) and the image separation is of order of or larger than the fringe spacing. When theta(E) is combined with a measurement of the "microlens parallax" pi(E), the two will together yield the lens mass and lens-source relative parallax and proper motion. Because the source parallax and proper motion are well measured by Gaia, this means that the lens characteristics will be fully determined, whether or not it proves to be luminous. This method can be a powerful probe of dark, isolated objects, which are otherwise quite difficult to identify, much less characterize. Our measurement contradicts Einstein's prediction that "the luminous circle [i.e., microlensed image] cannot be distinguished" from a star.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Dong, Subo | - |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
| 2 | Merand, Antoine | Hombre |
ESO - Alemania
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| 3 | Delplancke-Strobele, F. | - |
ESO - Alemania
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| 4 | Gould, Andrew | - |
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute - Corea del Sur The Ohio State University - Estados Unidos Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania |
| 5 | Chen, P. | - |
Peking Univ - China
Peking University - China |
| 6 | Post, R. | Hombre |
Post Observ - Estados Unidos
Post Observatory - Estados Unidos |
| 7 | Kochanek, C. S. | Hombre |
OHIO STATE UNIV - Estados Unidos
The Ohio State University - Estados Unidos |
| 8 | Stanek, K. Z. | - |
OHIO STATE UNIV - Estados Unidos
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| 9 | Christie, G. W. | - |
Auckland Observ - Nueva Zelanda
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| 10 | Mutel, Robert | Hombre |
UNIV IOWA - Estados Unidos
University of Iowa - Estados Unidos |
| 11 | Gould, Andrew | - |
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst - Corea del Sur OHIO STATE UNIV - Estados Unidos |
| 11 | Natusch, T. | - |
AUT Univ - Nueva Zelanda
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| 12 | Holoien, Thomas W. -S. | Hombre |
Observ Carnegie Inst Sci - Estados Unidos
Observatorio Las Campanas - Estados Unidos |
| 13 | PRIETO-KATUNARIC, JOSE LUIS | Hombre |
Universidad Diego Portales - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile |
| 14 | Shappee, Benjamin | Hombre |
Univ Hawaii - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Estados Unidos University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa - Estados Unidos University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos |
| 15 | Thompson, Todd A. | Hombre |
OHIO STATE UNIV - Estados Unidos
The Ohio State University - Estados Unidos |
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| National Natural Science Foundation of China |
| National Science Foundation |
| US NSF |
| NSFC |
| NSF |
| European Research Council |
| Ohio State University |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation |
| Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics at the Ohio State University |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy (CAS-SACA) |
| Villum Foundation |
| Seventh Framework Programme |
| VILLUM FONDEN |
| Carnegie Institution for Science |
| European Space Agency |
| University of Iowa |
| Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| George Skestos |
| Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) |
| JPL grant |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy |
| Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Ohio State University |
| European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP 7) ERC grant |
| FP 7 |
| NSFC 11721303 |
| Amirkabir University of Technology |
| Agradecimiento |
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| This paper uses data products produced by the OIR Telescope Data Center, supported by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC; https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. |
| supported by AST-1516842 from the US NSF and by JPL grant 1500811. A.G. received support from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP 7) ERC grant agreement No. [321035]. |